Year of the Lung - Disclaimer

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(1) Introduction

This disclaimer governs your use of our website; by using our website, you accept this disclaimer in full. If you disagree with any part of this disclaimer, you must not use our website.

(2) Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.

(3) Licence to use website

FIRS hereby authorises the copying/downloading of materials subject to the restrictions below.

You must not:

(a)   sell, rent or otherwise sub-licence material from the website;
(b)   reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material (such as the logo) on our website for a commercial purpose;
(c)   edit or otherwise modify any material on the website; or post or transmit any messages that are libellous, defamatory, abusive, anti-competitive, illegal, or violate any other person's copyrights, privacy rights, trademarks, trade secrets, or rights in other confidential information.
(d)   redistribute material from this website except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution to partners* , supporters** and users of the website (such as core material and templates).

(4) Limitations of warranties and liability

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up-to-date.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to this website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).

Nothing in this disclaimer (or elsewhere on our website) will exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Subject to this, our liability to you in relation to the use of our website or under or in connection with this disclaimer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will be limited as follows:

(a)   to the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free-of-charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature;
(b)   we will not be liable for any consequential, indirect or special loss or damage;
(c)   we will not be liable for any loss of profit, income, revenue, anticipated savings, contracts, business, goodwill, reputation, data, or information.
(d)   We do not guarantee that the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free and that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
(e)   Information provided on the website does not constitute medical advice or treatment. FIRS expressly disclaims all liability for treatment, diagnosis, decisions and actions taken or not taken in reliance upon information contained in this website.
(f)       FIRS does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings, nor does FIRS exercise editorial control over postings. In the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of FIRS, FIRS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to review and remove such postings that FIRS considers to be inappropriate, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable.

(5) Linking to external websites

(a)   The Year of the Lung site includes external links which provide direct access to other internet sites, FIRS takes no responsibility for the content or information contained in them, and does not exert any editorial or other control over these external sites.
(b)   FIRS cannot guarantee that these external links will work at all times and has no control over their availability.
(c)   Please note that once you leave the Year of the Lung website you are no longer under the obligation of our privacy policy but of the external site you are visiting.

(6) Variation

We may revise this disclaimer from time-to-time. The revised disclaimer will apply to the use of our website from the date of the publication of the revised disclaimer on our website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

(7) Entire agreement

This disclaimer together with the ERS private policy - on whose server the website is based - constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

(8) Law and jurisdiction

This disclaimer and the use in any way of the Year of the Lung website will be governed and constructed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.

Any dispute arising in any way in connection with the use of the Year of the Lung website will be resolved by the ordinary courts of Lausanne, Switzerland.